Steroids in intestinal transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Dazzi, A ^a   Lauro, Augusto ^a   Zanfi, C ^a   Ercolani, G ^a   Vivarelli, M ^a   Grazi, G L ^a   Cescon, M ^a   Di Simone, M ^a   D'errico, A ^a   Lazzarotto, T ^a   Faenza, S ^a   Pironi, L ^a   Pinna, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Intestinal transplantation; Steroids therapy

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; DACLIZUMAB; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NYSTATIN; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE NECROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MYOPATHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDNISONE; VISCERA;

EID: 33947713913     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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